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Workshop Assistant Opp

Live Art Local CIC are looking for a student or graduate artist/creative industries to act as a workshop assistant this summer to assist the lead artist in workshops with young people aged 11-18.

We are not expecting you to have previous experience of running/assisting in workshops although this would be beneficial.

Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund we are running a series of free workshops for young people over the holidays, every week will feature a different artform and there will be three sessions a week (Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday), we are looking for an assistant for either the Tuesday or Thursday sessions.

All workshops begin at 1:30pm and all last for between 2-3 hours.  The hours and artforms are given below:

Week 1: Experimental Mark-Making, both Tuesday and Thursday sessions are 2 hours long

Week 2: Printmaking Tuesday session is 2 hours, Thursday is 3 hours

Week 3: Sculpture Tuesday and Thursday are both 2 hours long

Week 4: Filmmaking Tuesday is 2 hours long, Thursday is 3 hours long

Week 5: Product Design Tuesday is 2 hours long, Thursday is 3 hours

 

The payment for the sessions are as follows:

2 hour sessions £50

3 hour sessions £74

 

We expect you to arrive 20 minutes before the session to help with set up (13:10) and to start behind and help clear up at the end of the session.

 

This is a special fund for the summer holidays, and as a result we only found out two days ago (28th July) that our bid was successful.  Therefore we are working very fast to very tight deadlines.  The sessions begin this week and so we will be running your first session as a trial.  You will be paid for this trial and we will let you know by the next day whether we will continue working with you.  As this is a freelance position you are responsible for your tax.  We will ask you to invoice us (we can send you a template) for your session and you will be paid by the end of the following week for each session you work (the quicker you get the invoice to us the quicker we can pay you!).  We will pay the money direct to your bank account.

 

To apply please fill out the form below.  Please feel free to call 07941435835 for an informal chat

Arts Award Explore

We have great news, for those of you who already have an Arts Award Discover, you can now use our FREE JUBILATION! workshops to achieve your Arts Award Explore, for only the cost of moderation with Trinity College London (our outside moderators who check our marking and administer the award).  This means that your son, daughter, or non-binary child can access our free workshops and achieve the next level of arts award for very little cost.

 

Those who wish to undertake the Arts Award Explore will need to attend all the workshops as part of JUBILATION! Art, Music, Poetry, and Dance, this is because the Arts Award Explore is a higher award and requires more work and evidence than the Discover.

 

The cost to us for moderation and certificate is £14 per a child, but we are able to reduce this cost by to £12 using some of our contingency funding.    If you would like your child to undertake an Arts Award Explore then please email us and we will invoice you via paypal.  This will need to be paid as “friends and family” or a “seller you trust” otherwise there will be costs added and it will cost us money rather than saving you money on moderartion.

Choreographer/Dance Company Workshop Opportunity

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As part of our exciting Spring project we have a great opportunity for a dance company or choreographer with a current DBS certificate (within 6 months) to work with us this Spring over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.

The selected candidate will spend a half-day working with children/young people to create a piece that tells a story and celebrates the 70 years of the Queen’s reign.  The time spent will total 3 hours including two 10 minute breaks.  The piece will be performed to a small audience at the end of the session.  We are looking at the possibility of this performance taking place outside (weather dependent).

 

We will pay a total of £200 for the 3-hour session and up to £50 to cover expenses for the day (including travel, money towards childcare if required, and food).  This will be payable after an invoice is raised and will be paid by the Tuesday following receipt of the invoice.

To apply please do fill out this short form, including a link to your related work

Alternatively, if you wish to discuss this further please email beth@liveartlocal.co.uk and leave any details, plus a phone number and we will call you back to discuss.

 

Due to when funding was confirmed and the short timeframe we have for this project we aim to let the successful candidate know by 17th April.

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Musician/Songwriter Needed For 2 Workshops

Due to funding for a new project this summer (details embargoed by funder until 11th April) we are looking for a musician/songwriter to work with us.

This opportunity would involve two 1 3/4 hour workshops with children/young people to create a song (details about the theme will be given upon application) that they will then perform in Fareham this June.  The workshops will take place once a week in the final two weeks of May (exact date to be confirmed).

 

The main requirements we have for the selected musician is that they hold a current DBS certificate, or if they have a BASIC DBS that it is within the last 6 months; and that they have experience of running workshops and working with children and young people.

 

We will pay the selected musician/songwriter £150 per workshop and up to £20 expenses per session.

It would be nice if the selected musician could attend their performance of the piece, however, this is not mandatory and we are unable to pay for attendance as it will fall outside the time of the workshops.  However, we may be able to cover travel expenses.

 

To apply you can complete the form here. Please remember to insert a link to examples of your work
 

To discuss any aspect of this opportunity please email beth@liveartlocal.co.uk and leave your phone number for an informal chat.

This is a fast-moving project and we will get back to people by the 17th April

Hampshire Based Poet(s) Wanted

 

As part of a new project  (further details embargoed until 11th April) we are seeking a poet, or poets, to work with us.  This opportunity will take you into schools in the Fareham area in the summer term to deliver five one hour sessions supporting pupils to craft poems around a specific theme (further details will be made available upon expression of interest as we are not permitted to share this at the present time due to the aforementioned embargo).

For each session, you will be paid £100 for the hour and we can accommodate up to £20 in expenses per session.  The chosen candidate/s will be asked to invoice us after the session and we will make payment by the following Tuesday to a nominated bank account.

You can apply for this role here:

 

Alternatively, expressions of interest are to be emailed to beth@liveartlocal.co.uk.  Please include your name, a link to a website or to a site that hosts your work and a CV.  Selected applicants will need experience of running workshops with children and/or young people.  Please also email and questions you have and a phone number if you would like to discuss this opportunity.

 

The selected applicant/s will be informed by the 17th April

chinwag virtual networking for artists and arts professionals

Chinwag Virtual Network

If the pandemic has taught us anything it’s the importance of two things, one, community, and two, the value of the internet in making human connection possible even when there are barriers that pre-internet would of been insurmountable.

The relaxation of all Covid measures means that the world is opening up again and in-person meetings and networking are possible again. However, this is not the case for all, the extremely vulnerable, those with disabilities, those with mental health issues and those in remote locations have found our newly discovered, but now ubiquitous platforms, such as Zoom, a lifeline in reaching out to others and building their networks, and fostering new communities.  What a shame if all that were to go now that Boris has deemed it “safe” to mingle again.

 

That is why, we at Live Art Local are creating the Chinwag Virtual Network.  A network for creatives and arts/culture professionals from all over to connect virtually once a month to discuss new projects, build partnerships and to share advice/have a good old moan.  This network will be free to attend but donations will be greatfully received to support the running/administration costs.

 

The first meeting will be on Tuesday 22nd February at 6pm GMT and we then hope to meet once a month thereafter on the Tuesday closest to the 22nd.  The session until we secure funding will last 40 minutes.

 

Please sign up via Eventbrite, the link is here

 

Week 6 – Steph Reeves (Gynormous Rawkus) – Junk Puppets

It’s week 6 of our Culture @ Home programme and we were lucky enough to have Steph Reeves of Gynormous Rawkus  join us this week to show us how to make a puppet out of the junk you have lying around at home and a few other materials.

This week is doubly special as our session took place as part of Children’s Art Week, a two-week celebration of free activities for children.

Our Culture at Home sessions as made possible thanks to Arts Council England Emergency Response funding, which has enabled us to pay creatives to share their talents with you at home, making it free for you!  We still have 7 sessions coming up, with each one being suitable for children, so to find out more and book a session (always at 2pm on a Wednesday), visit liveartlocal.co.uk/culture-home

 

To join this session you will need:

Cardboard; pens; scraps of paper or fabric; carrier bags; newspaper; tape (preferably double-sided and masking).  Pipe cleaners and other scraps are also very useful!

 

 

 

NATIONAL LOTTERY FUNDED

Week 5 – Sarah Bower – Write a Domestic Sonnet

Our fifth Culture@Home session featured novelist and creative writing tutor, Sarah Bower who facilitated a session on writing a sonnet inspired by the domestic objects that surround us.

Our Culture @ Home sessions are made possible thanks to Emergency Arts Council funding that enables us to pay the workshop leaders, all other work is done for free by Live Art Local.

 

If you missed this session you can access it below, along with the slides and Chat text that breaks down the activity for those with hearing impairments:

The English Sonnet.

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Micro Commission: Micro Performance – Culture @ Home

Liv Art Local CIC are excited to announce our latest opportunity for creatives in the UK.  With news that live performance still cannot take place, but that soon families will be able to spend more time with friends and family members outside of their home, we are looking to commission a micro play/performance (between 5-10 minutes in length), that can be performed by a group of socially distanced people at home without any prior experience or training.

We view this as a great way to bring theatre into the home this summer and to bond people by creating something together, we are also keen to support UK talent, although we can only offer a modest sum of £250, and to take their work to a wider audience.

We will be inviting people to share their performances with us if they feel happy to share and we hope to be able to upload some of these to our website in the months ahead.

This opportunity is open to all creatives, whether from a theatre, writing, art, music, or dance background, and can take the form of a mirco play, a way of creating music/sound together, or a movement piece.

It is up to you how you convey this, however, all works must be on the theme of connection.

To apply for this opportunity please fill out our brief application form and submit an outline of your idea (max 250 words).  The deadline is the 7th August and we will contact the selected applicant by 10th August and would look to have the work, whether that be a script, a video lesson, a sheet of instructions etc. .. completed and uploaded to our website by 22nd August.

 

If you would rather you can send a video application via WeTransfer to us at help@liveartlocal.co.uk using the application form questions, and up to 5 minutes to explain your idea.

Payment will be made the following Friday (28th August) via Paypal or bank payment.

 

Half-Price Coaching for creatives through Live Art Local in June and July

Live Art Local are very excited to announce we have agreed a brilliant 50% discount with experienced coach, Angharad Cooper to offer our newsletter subscribers 50% off sessions with her throughout June and July.  Coaching is an amazing way to support the development of your practise and we’re so happy to make this available to our suscribers through Angharad’s generous offer.
Please take a look below.
Half price (£35p/h) Skype coaching sessions throughout June and July for subscribers to the Live Art Local Newsletter
Angharad Cooper is an experienced coach, specialising in working in partnership with creatives from all disciplines to unlock creative potential, identify and circumvent barriers and set creative goals. Past and present clients include Somerset House Studios; Forestry Commission England as well as individual artists, performers and musicians at all stages of their creative practice.
Email info@angharadcooper.com quoting ‘Live Art Local’ for a complimentary consultation call.